Over at Slate.com, there's a startling slideshow of shelters pieced together by those displaced by the January earthquake in Haiti."... The tarps are folded, tucked, nailed, sewn, or taped in infinite configurations. Because the

Be careful when you ask Dr. Alson Lyimo, program manager of the northeast zone of Tanzania, if he'd like some peanuts. "Peanuts?" he asked me, looking aghast at the bag of Kenya Airways nuts I offered. "Those are NOT peanuts! What you call

Photo by Dave Anderson
A Maasai child enjoys the very last drops of sweet camel milk, one of the many benefits of a Heifer camel project that so far has brought more than 30 camels to this semi-permanent settlement. Climate change, including a

Heifer Tanzania Country Director Peter Mwakabwale has been graciously escorting photographer Dave and I around, pointing out scenic and cultural highlights along the highways and byways of his spectacularly stunning country. That includes this

There's an interesting piece over on The Morning News about politics and gender in India. If you've enjoyed Annie's posts from the field, you should check it out. And vice versa.
"... My visit to West Bengal comes more than 16 years after

Heifer International has learned that no projects or participant families were injured or affected by the magnitude 6.9 earthquake that struck a far western Tibetan area of China on Wednesday.
Chen Taiyong, Heifer International China country

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